Kristy Kirkup
Reporter for The Canadian Press
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Fear mounting that changes to drug pricing in Canada could stifle innovation
Some Canadian patients and groups that advocate on their behalf are sounding the alarm about the federal government's recent changes to the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines.
Feds, First Nations eye first Indigenous self-government agreement in Ontario
Negotiations have concluded on a proposed self-government agreement in Ontario that the federal government says would be the first of its kind if ratified.
Grassy Narrows chief, NDP candidate urges Ottawa to talk turkey on mercury
The chief of a northwestern Ontario reserve —and an NDP candidate in this fall's federal election — is calling on Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan to sit down to hammer out an agreement on a long-promised treatment facility for mercury poisoning.
Canadians deserve apology from Trudeau over SNC-Lavalin affair: former ministers
Former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould said on Thursday, August 15, 2019, it is "troubling" to her that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to "discredit" her through submissions made to the ethics commissioner from his lawyer.
Health Canada announces changes aimed at dropping prices of patented drugs
The federal government is overhauling the way it regulates the cost of patented medicines, including ending comparisons to the United States — changes that Canada's health minister is billing as the biggest step towards lower drug prices in a generation.
Committee 'deeply disturbed' by reports of coerced, forced sterilization
The House of Commons health committee is calling on the federal government to investigate the problem of coerced or forced sterilization of women in Canada.
PM pledges access to medication as pharmacists, patient groups fear shortage
Canadians will continue to have access to the medications they need, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised on Thursday, August 1, 2019, in the face of escalating worry about a Trump administration decision to allow prescription drug imports from Canada.
Scheer promises premiers health transfer increase in anticipation of attacks
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is putting Canada's money where his mouth is, promising to increase health and social transfer payments by at least three per cent every year should he become prime minister.
Canada wasn't consulted on specifics of U.S. plan to import prescription drugs
Federal officials say Ottawa was not consulted in advance about the details of a Trump administration proposal announced on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, aimed at allowing American patients and consumers to legally import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
Former cabinet minister, Nunavut MP Hunter Tootoo won't seek re-election
Hunter Tootoo, the Nunavut MP who began his time on Parliament Hill with a seat at the Liberal cabinet table and ended up sitting as an Independent, says he won't be running for re-election this fall.